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J. B. HEVYERLING.

CABLE RAILWAY.

Patented Dec. 20,

No. 375,290.A I

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. HEVERLINGOF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CABLE RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,290, dated December 20, 1887,

Application filed March 28, 1887.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN B. HnvERLINe, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable Railways, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, andin which- FigureI isa vertical transverse section showing'the conduit and its adjustable supportingbrace in connection with the track-rail. Fig. II is a top view showing on one side of the slot-rail the street-paving laid down and the other side unpaved, so as to present a clearer view ofthe brace and its bracebearings. Fig. III is a vertical transverse section showing the well, the lubricating device for the bearings ofthe cable-pnlley,and the inclined screen that protects the adjacent sewer from choking. Fig. IV is a vertical longitudinal section taken on line IV IV, Fig. I. Fig. V isa horizontal section taken on line V V, Fig. I. Fig. VI is a modification showing the track-rail support with a double instead of single iron chair, thereby dispensing with the stringer.

My invention relates to an improvement in cable railways; and my invention consists in lfeatures of novelty hereinafter fully described,

and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the tie; 2, the stringers to .which the track-rails 3 are secured.

4 is a vertical iron support, which reaches from one Stringer across to the other. It h as V-shaped recesses next-the conduit, in which the lugs 5, projecting outward from the vertical wall of the conduit, are seated., There are lugs 6 in the supporting-frame, which engage above and below those inthe conduit,and bolts 7, passing through the corresponding holes in said lugs of both the conduit and its supportingplate, rmly secure them together.

A space, 10, between the upper part of the conduit-wall and the supporting plate and around between the upper lug, 5, of the conduit and 6 of the supporting-plate on both sides of the conduit, gives latitude for the adj ustment oi' said conduit in changing the width of the slot-opening.

The slot-rail has an additional support in the adjustable iron strap 8,which,as shown in Fig.

II, is secured at one end by means of countersunk bolts to the ends of the two sections of the conduit, and the other end of' the strap,A

the under surface of which is corrugated at 32, engages in a corresponding corrugated seat, 38, on the supporting-plate 4. A set-screw, 11, that passes through an elongated slot, 9, in the Strap, screws into a threaded socket in the supporting-plate, and thus locks the slot-rail opening or closing the slot of the conduit, to fasten it in the adjusted position.

The bottom of the conduit is provided with an iron plate, 29, secured to the ties by means ofscrews 30. (See Fig. V.) This plate braces the vertical walls of the conduit apart at bottom.

The support 4 has a ange, 12, which has holes by which it is bolted to the stringers and spiked to the tie. The flange and the body of the support have a depression, 13, in the center, which allows the bottom of the conduit to fit into and be held firmly in position. (See Fig. IV.)

14 is the well by which the dirt from the conduit is extracted.

15 is the sewer-opening, and 16 is an iron screen placed diagonally across a portion ofthe well, in which the sewer-opening is placed. This iron screen, having a large surface, allows the water to flow freely'into the sewer, and thus will not readily choke. The ones in present use only covering the opening into the sewer, and thus having a very small surface, are soon stopped up, and the water backs up into the conduit.

At each of the wells there are attached to the conduit-frame hangers 17, that support a hollowshaft,18. Theshaft,whichis removable, is held in place by means of ascrew, 19, which enters through the bottom of the inside hanger and presses against the inner end of the shaft. The shaft is jointed at 20, and the upper end supports an oil-cup, 21. The oil descends through this hollow shaft and comes out through a hole, 22, on the `upper side of the shaft, and oils the pulley 23, on which runs the cable 24.

25 is the cover to the well.

31 represents a modification of the chair, which may be used in connection with the support 4, and thus the use of the Stringer avoided. The chair is formed in two sections,

in its adjusted position, being arranged, after IOO which, when plaeed together at their base, leave a slotted aperture at34,in which is seated the base and pedestal of the track-rail. A screw-bolt, 35, passes through both the pedestal of the rail and the chair that holds it, and is secured by a nut.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cable railway, the combination of the conduit-walls 26,support ing-pl ate 4, extending from chair to chair and under the conduit for supporting and bracing the saine with the adjustable strap 8, with corresponding corrugations between the strap and its seat, and the set-screw 11, which passes through the slot 9 and engages in the supporting-plate to lock the adjustment of the slot-track, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cable railway, the combination of the eonduit-walls and supporting-plate extending from chair to chair and curving under the conduit, the conduit-walls having lugs 5, that it in recesses in the supporting-plate, and the lugs 6 on the supporting-plate, which engage with those on the conduit and are secured to them by the bolt 7, substantial] y as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cable railway, the combination of the adjustable slot-rails held to their adjustment by the slotted corrugated strap 8, the corrugations corresponding with a like surface on its seat, to which it is held by the set-screw 11, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a cable railway, the combination of the conduit-walls 26, and the supporting-plate eX- tending from chair to chair and curving under the conduit, having spaces provided to enable movement of the said eonduit-walls and connected to the slot-rails by the adjustable strap that locks its adjustment, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a cable railway, the combination of the adjustable conduit and supporting-plate, and the well 14, with its cover 25, and the iron screen 16, to keep the sewer-opening 15 from choking, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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